Mercury contamination remains exceedingly high among Brazil’s Yanomami Indigenous peoples
São Paulo, Brazil – As Brazil’s government continues to grapple with suppressing a surge of illegal gold mining in the Amazon, the Yanomami, an Indigenous...
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Brazil announces permanent military presence in embattled Yanomami Indigenous Territory
São Paulo, Brazil — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced last week that Brazil’s security forces would establish a permanent presence in the Yanomami...
Yanomami Indigenous people denounce return of miners to their territory in northern Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil – Indigenous associations representing the Yanomami people in northern Brazil are denouncing the return of land grabbers to the territory, nine months...
